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<h1>Menace</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"ace</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Menaced</er> <tt>(\'best)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Menacing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>menacier</ets>, F. <ets>menacer</ets>. See <er>Menace</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by <i>with</i> before the harm threatened; <as>as, to <ex>menace</ex> a country with war</as>.</def>

<blockquote>My master . . . did <b>menace</b> me with death. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.</def>

<blockquote>By oath he <b>menaced</b> Revenge upon the cardinal. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Menace</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"ace</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.</def>

<blockquote>Who ever knew the heavens <b>menace</b> so? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Menacer</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"a*cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who menaces.</def>

<h1>Menacingly</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"a*cing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a threatening manner.</def>

<h1>M\'82nage</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>M\'82`nage"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Manage</er>.</def>

<h1>M\'82nage</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>M\'82`nage"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Menagerie</er>.]</ety> <def>A collection of animals; a menagerie.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Menagerie</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men*ag"er*ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82nagerie</ets>, fr. <ets>m\'82nager</ets> to keep house, <ets>m\'82nage</ets> household. See <er>Menial</er>, <er>Mansion</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A piace where animals are kept and trained.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition.</def>

<h1>Menagogue</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"a*gogue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82nagogue</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ month + <?/ leading.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Emmenagogue.</def>

<h1>Menaion</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Me*na"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Menaia</plw> <tt>(-y\'86)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ monthly.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Menald, Menild</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw><hw>Men"ald</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Men"ild</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>